Augie Roepke of Park City ski jumping in the qualification competition in Steamboat Springs, Colo. This jump landed him and two PCSS teammates on the team headed to Slovenia to represent the USA at the Jr. World Championships. Photo: Jeff Warner Photographic // Jeff Warner

PARK CITY, Utah – On Wednesday, U.S. Ski & Snowboard officially announced the 17 athletes competing in ski jumping and nordic combined at the 2024 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships. The event will be held in Planica, Slovenia, on Feb. 6-11, the site of the 2023 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Three of these athletes, Augie Roepke, Ian Carmack and Josie Johnson are members of the Park City Ski and Snowboard Team (PCSS) and train at the Utah Olympic Park. Roepke and Carmack are students at the Park City High School, while Johnson attends Park City’s Winter Sports School.

The ski jumping team is highlighted by Erik Belshaw, Tate Frantz and Josie Johnson, who are all a part of the U.S. Ski Jumping Team. Belshaw’s career-best finish at the FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships came in 2023 in Whistler, Canada, where he placed 11th overall in the Individual HS104. Johnson recently took home a medal in the 2024 Youth Olympic Games, showing that she’s one of the strongest young ski jumpers in the world. All three compete regularly on the World Cup.

On the nordic combined side, the Junior World Championships roster is highlighted by U.S. Nordic Combined Team athletes Alexa Brabec and Caleb Zuckerman. This will be the fifth Junior Worlds for Brabec, with her highest finish coming in Zakopane, Poland in 2022, finishing 12th overall in the HS105/5km event. It will be Zuckerman’s third Junior Worlds.

“I’m very excited to announce this year’s Junior World Championship team for ski jumping and nordic combined. On the ski jumping side, we have a very strong team led by Tate and Erik. Both athletes have strong medal potential and we’re excited to see them compete,” said U.S. Ski & Snowboard Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Sport Director Anders Johnson in a statement. “On the nordic combined side, we have a young team, most of which have never competed internationally, so it’s very much about gaining valuable competition experience.”
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“Our junior athletes love to compete, and there isn’t a bigger stage than Junior World Championships in Planica,” said Adam Provost, CEO of USA Nordic in the statement. “We have high expectations going into this week and our athletes are ready to go. I’m excited and proud of our teams; they have earned the right to represent the United States and go against the best in the world. It should be a fun week to watch.”

2024 SKI JUMPING FIS NORDIC JUNIOR WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM

(Name, hometown, ski club, birthdate, past Junior World Championship teams)

*Denotes first Junior World Championships team

Women

● Estella Hassrick (Madison, Wis.; Blackhawk Ski Club; 5/21/2006; 2023)

● Josie Johnson (Park City, Utah; Park City Ski & Snowboard; 10/3/2006; 2022, 2023)

● Sandra Sproch (Chicago, Ill.; Norge Ski Club; 11/9/2007; 2023)

Men

● Erik Belshaw (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; 8/23/2004; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

● Jason Colby (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; 5/21/2006; 2023)

● Maxim Glyvka (Fox River Grove, Ill.; Norge Ski Club; 3/26/2006; 2022, 2023)

● Sawyer Graves* (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; 9/30/2008)

● Tate Frantz (Lake Placid, N.Y.; New York Ski Educational Foundation; 3/28/2005; 2022, 2023)

2024 NORDIC COMBINED FIS NORDIC JUNIOR WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM

(Name, hometown, ski club, birthdate, past Junior World Championship teams)

*Denotes first Junior World Championships team

Women

● Alexa Brabec (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; 10/8/2004; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

● Ella Wilson* (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; 3/4/2008)

● Haley Brabec* (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; 6/6/2007)

● Kai McKinnon* (Lake Placid, N.Y.; New York Ski Educational Foundation; 5/6/2008)

Men

● Arthur Tirone* (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; 2/8/2008)

● Augie Roepke* (Park City, Utah; Park City Ski & Snowboard; 5/9/2008)

● Caleb Zuckerman (Norwich, Vt.; Ford Sayre Ski Club; 11/1/2005; 2022, 2023)

● Ian Carmack* (Park City, Utah; Park City Ski & Snowboard; 10/29/2008)

● Skyler Amy (Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska Winter Stars/Team AK Ski Jumping; 11/19/2005; 2023)

2024 FIS NORDIC JUNIOR WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE

Tuesday, Feb. 6

● Men’s Nordic Combined HS102/10km PCR

● Women’s Nordic Combined HS102/5km PCR

Wednesday, Feb. 7

● Women’s Ski Jumping Individual HS102

● Nordic Combined Mixed Team HS102/4x5km

Thursday, Feb. 8

● Men’s Ski Jumping Individual HS102

Friday, Feb. 9

● Women’s Ski Jumping Team HS102

● Men’s Nordic Combined HS102/10km

● Women’s Nordic Combined HS102/5km

Saturday, Feb. 10

● Men’s Ski Jumping Team HS102

● Women’s Nordic Combined Team Sprint HS102/2×4.5km

Sunday, Feb. 11

● Ski Jumping Mixed Team HS102

● Men’s Nordic Combined Team Sprint HS102/2×7.5km